sikap kita.. nilai sungai kita.. feature writing assignment.

Sungai adalah anugerah Tuhan yang tidak ternilai yang diberikan kepada kita. Anugerah yang cukup sempurna fungsinya terhadap kita untuk menempuhi kehidupan seharian. Namun, kita sebagai manusia dan hamba-Nya tegar dengan anugerah yang tidak ternilai ini dengan sikap dan tingkah laku kita sendiri terhadap kurniaan-Nya.



Pencemaran sungai ini merupakan satu isu yang sangat serius terhadap kita pada masa kini, kerana ia adalah nadi kehidupan manusia. Tanpa sungai, tidak dapatlah kita, manusia mengharungi kehidupan seharian kita yang sememangnya sentiasa memerlukan sumber air untuk mandi,makan,minum,mencuci baju, dan sebagainya. Secara umumnya, sungai-sungai di Negara kita terbahagi kepada 5 kelas, iaitu kelas pertama, kedua, ketiga, keempat dan kelima. Bagi kelas pertama, air yang tidak perlukan rawatan, namun masih boleh lagi diminum. Kelas yang kedua, air itu memerlukan rawatan yang biasa. Yang ketiga, air kelihatan bersih, tidak berbau, tetapi kualitinya tercemar dan orang ramai tidak boleh melakukan aktiviti riadah seperti mandi sungai, dan berkelah. Kemudian bagi kelas keempat dan kelima, sungai tercemar dan hampir mati, Secara jelasnya, keadaan sungai bagi kedua-dua kelas ini adalah berwarna hitam dan berbau busuk.


Pada tahun 2007, 16 batang sungai di Negara kita telah diklasifikasikan sebagai tercemar dan ‘hampir mati’. Hampir keseluruhannya berada di kawasan Pulau Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, dan Johor. Sungai Pinang dan Sungai Juru di Pulau Pinang adalah kekal dalam senarai-senarai sungai yang tercemar di Negara kita pada masa kini. Pada 3 Mei yang lalu, di dalam akhbar Utusan ada mengeluarkan artikel ‘Pencemaran sungai kritikal’, intipatinya menyatakan, Pensyarah Kanan, Fakulti Pengajian Alam Sekitar, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Dr. Ahmad Zaharin Aris berkata, sungai kelas pertama di Negara kita semakin berkurangan, manakala sungai kelas kelima pula semakin meningkat. Lihatlah, betapa kritikalnya situasi sungai kita pada zaman ini.


Lihat sahaja sungai-sungai yang berada di kawasan Bandar di Negara kita..? kelihatan air sungainya berwarna hitam, keruh, dan mengalir lesu dek kerana sampah sarap yang dibuang oleh manusia yang tidak berdisiplin dan mementingkan diri sendiri untuk mencari jalan pintas. Ditambah pula dengan aktiviti pembangunan tanah dan sumber asli, seperti pembalakan, pembinaan jalan raya,pembangunan bandar dan pembinaan projek-projek perumahan serta perindustrian yang mana menimbulkan masalah hakisan tanah, sungai tercemar dan mendap. Lebih memburukkan lagi, apabila sikap pendatang asing,di mana mereka membawa sikap mereka di Negara sendiri yang suka membuang sampah di dalam sungai ke dalam Negara kita dengan menjadikan kawasan tebing sungai sebagai kawasan penempatan mereka.Oleh itu, pihak kerajaan harus melakukan sesuatu seperti merobohkan penempatan haram di tebing-tebing sungai. Lazimnya, aktiviti-aktiviti seperti ini akan segera diambil tindakan apabila media membuat pendedahan, terutamanya aktiviti perindustrian dan pembalakan. Jika tidak, hanya hukuman seperti kompaun sahaja dikenakan, dan sekaligus menggalakkan lagi aktiviti-aktiviti seperti ini terus dijalankan tanpa batasan kerana tiada kesedaran yang timbul dari dalam diri mereka, maka tidak hairanlah jika satu hari nanti nadi kehidupan kita ini akan mati dek sikap manusia sendiri.


Di dalam RMK-9(Rancangan Malaysia kesembilan), kerajaan telah memperuntukkan RM500 juta bagi tujuan memulihkan keadaan sungai kita yang tercemar. Namun, menurut Dr. Ahmad Zaharin Aris, jumlah itu sememangnya sudah cukup besar, malangnya, ia masih tidak mampu menampung kos pembelanjaan memulihkan pencemaran sungai di seluruh Negara, kerana kos bagi tujuan pemulihan sungai adalah diantara RM 100 juta hingga RM 400 juta. Secara tidak langsung, kita sebenarnya telah membantutkan kemajuan ekonomi Negara kita yang sepatutnya digunakan untuk keperluan yang lain seperti penyediaan kemudahan infrastruktur untuk penduduk. Menurut beliau lagi, punca lain yang menjadi penyumbang kepada pencemaran sungai kita adalah sisa dari ladang ternakan babi, di mana ia dilepaskan ke dalam sungai yang menyebabkan sungai itu ‘mati’. Beliau juga tidak ketinggalan membangkitkan rasa kesal beliau terhadap rakyat kita yang kian menjadikan sungai sebagai ‘tong sampah’ mereka.


Kempen “sayangi sungai”. Masih ingatkah anda semua mengenai kempen ini..?? yang telah bertahun lamanya dijalankan oleh kerajaan yang merangkumi pelbagai usaha seperti memantau, memelihara , membersih, dan mengindahkan semula sungai yang kian tercemar. Namun, apakah kesudahannya? Sungai kita masih lagi setia mengalir bersama sampah sarap, bahan kimia dan sebagainya, yang akhirnya memberi kesan kepada diri kita sendiri. Lihat sahaja isu yang baru berlaku di Maran, Pahang baru-baru ini,enam penduduk kampung yang terlibat dalam operasi menyelamatkan seorang mangsa lemas di Hutan Lipur, Lubuk Yu, meninggal dunia dalam tempoh seminggu selepas operasi itu, ia berpunca daripada bakteria air dan tanah. Lihat? Kita sering merungut dan mengeluh apabila air kotor, berkarat, dan sering menyalahkan pihak kerajaan yang tidak tahu menyelesaikan masalah ini semaksima yang boleh. Namun, tidak- kah kita terfikir bahawasanya semua itu berpunca dari sikap kita sendiri yang kurang peka terhadap sungai kita.?


Secara konklusinya, pencemaran sungai ini masih tiada lagi penghujungnya. Ya, inilah hakikatnya. Ia kerana mentaliti kita sendiri masih lagi berada di takuk yang lama, dan sampai bila kita harus membiarkan fikiran dan sikap kita berterusan begini.? Tepuk dada, tanyalah selera. Jangan kerana nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga. Jangan kerana sikap kita, sungai kita tiada lagi nilainya..


penulis: NOOR SYUHAIDAH ABD ZAWAWI
editor : NOOR SYUHAIDAH ABD ZAWAWI ;)(803 patah perkataan)

ahmad boestamam.. my feature writing assignment done.

“You was not arrested because of committing murder or robbery but because you just being a TRUE man. You should not feel embarrassed since what you did shows that u are a good person”. This is wisdom from a father quoted by his son in the book titled ‘Merintis Jalan Ke Puncak’. The writer was son of one farmer whom was born at Kampung Behrang Ulu, Tanjung Malim, Perak. He had his primary school in Malay School at Sekolah Melayu Behrang Ulu when he was six years old. On 1933, he was furthered his study at Anderson School Ipoh. His talent in writing was shinning since childhood after he scored gred one in Special Malay Class (SMC) in standard five .



He started his career as journalist for Saudara newspaper in Penang. He proceed his writing for Warta newspaper at Kinta Ipoh, Majlis at Kuala Lumpur, Utusan melayu at Singapore, Warta Malaya also Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya at Singapore. He was well known as a prolific journalist because his writing had make him stand in the same level with others famous Malay journalist like Abdul Rahim Kajai, Ibrahim Haji Yaacob dan Ishak Haji Muhammad. He became addicted to involve his self in activities of nationalism for the Malays in 1930 s by wrote his opinion and suggested advices like what his journalist friends did in helping the Malays to overcome the weaknesses in economic, social, and politic after being pressure from British and other immigrant .


KMM?? (Kesatuan Melayu Muda) Do you still remember everything about KMM? This is a society lead by Ibrahim Yaakob. This is the society he first joined when started his politic activities as vice secretary while at the sama time became the reporter for Majlis newspaper at Kuala Lumpur. He was also known as politician that fight against colonist and yet he talent in writing which can influenced and inspired people was admitted by the British since he was very influence person at that time. He was then established Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM), which aim to control Malay region with constitution and then created a society names "Barisan Bersatu Malaya" to gain supports from Malays political parties and Indian labour society.


He was arrested for three times but that made him became more aggressive to fight against British colonist because he did went through difficult times with to the British colonist pressure. He was first arrested on 1941-1942 together with 150 of KMM members and supporters. He was then brought before court for the charge of seditious. On the following year, he was then fined with $1,200.00 because published the sensitive testament in newspaper named politik Api which he wrote that independence only can be achieved by sacrifice people life or ‘merdeka dengan darah’. He was also known as one of the brilliant politician since he had established one radical group named Gerakan Kiri Tanah Air (KITA) after this group cooperation with Parti Komunis Malaya and British which at that time was fight against Japanese army. This group was proven that he was against Japanese.


On 1948 – 1957, he was arrested for the second time and effected his politician career for seven years because the British believed it was dangerous to British politics in Malay region and the area around it. He was also label as dangerous politician by the British.


PRM..? (Parti Rakyat Malaya).That was first party politic created by him after he was release from imprisonment on 1955. He was inspired by ideology of Indonesian politician name Sukarno. He was then being famous Malay opposition Politician that established Socialist Front (SF) and end up to became very famous Malay opposition party after independence. He was won in Malaysia election 1959 in Setapak at Kuala Lumpur under the party of Socialist Front which then gave him the great acknowledgement in his political activities. But, he was arrested again in 1963 by the government because he was suspected to be cooperating with Parti Komunis Indonesia (PKI) and involved in chaos that occurred in Brunei on 1962.On that time, he was still member of Parliament whom represented Setapak.


He was passed away due to lung cancer in 1983 as one of the Malaysian hero in gain independence. Before he passed away, he used to write for newspapers in his luxury time and to support his life. In his life, he had published less than fifteen novels titled, Api dan air mata, rumah kaca di gegar gempa, merintis jalan ke puncak, tujuh tahun malam memanjang, sorotan sekilas, lambaian dari puncak, testament politik api, memoir Ahmad Boestamam: Merdeka dengan Darah dalam Api and others. Three from his novels titled merintis jalan ke puncak, tujuh tahun malam memanjang, and lambaian dari puncak was based on his experience as politician in Malaysia. Due to that, one novels titled memoir Boestamam : merdeka dengan darah api was published by UKM in year 2004 which the opening remarks titled merdeka dengan darah wrote by Malaysian famous writer in Malaysia Tan Sri A.Samad Said. In the novels titled merintis jalan ke puncak, he had described the difficulties his face in produce a newspaper without monetary supports until the declaration of national emergency 1948 by British government.


In the novels titled tujuh tahun malam memanjang he had shares with the readers regarding his seven years experience in imprisonment when he was place in the same cell with other politicians like Kamarulzaman The(PKM leaders, Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaya), Rashid Maidin( PKM leaders), Hassan Zol, Zain Arif, Sharif Salleh, Othman Abadi(Utusan Melayu), Ishak Haji Muhammad, Ustaz Abu Bakar Al-Bakir, Wahi Anwar(pengasas Pembela Tanahair, PETA), Baginda Buyung, Ahmad Sulaiman and many more. He was gain pardon from Sultan of Pahang and free from imprisonment on 1955.


The real fact is that many young generations nowdays does not aware about the existence of one of the Malaysian hero like him. We should acknowledge his contribution in Malay political party to gain independence in Malaya and fight against Colonist. Yet, in subject of history in our school also not recognize his valuable contribution. Since he was known as politician from opposition party ,he was than being isolated until today. But, did you realize that he was the one of the light that enlightens the spirit of nationalism among the Malays before. His role as one of the most importance person in Malaysian political views should not be neglected. He is the journalists name Abdullah Thani Bin Raja Kechil or well known as Ahmad Boestamam an activist that fight against colonist in gain Malaysia Independence.

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writing by: NOOR SYUHAIDAH ABD ZAWAWI.
edit by : NOOR FADZLIN ABD ZAWAWI.